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Mad About the House Planner

Interiors expert Kate Watson-Smyth brings you the Mad About the House Planner for everything you need to know when renovating your home. With more and more of us working from home and spending more time in the house, it’s more important than ever that our homes are adaptable and welcoming.

Snow's Kitchenalia: How everything works

Although today’s kitchens are crammed full of ‘useful’ appliances, few people seem to know how to operate them in even the most basic way, let alone make the most of them. Award-winning illustrator Alan Snow has set out to change matters, with this striking diagrammatic guide.

How to Make Jewellery

Have you ever wandered around a jewellery shop looking for that little something, but have never been able to find it? Why not be unique and create your own collection?This book is a sparkling collection of 25 custom-made designs, using techniques a beginner crafter can understand.

Christmas Crafts

Let craft gurus Alan Gear and Barry Freestone be your crafting hosts as you plan and prepare for the holidays.

Oz Clarke Wine A–Z: The world's favourite wine writer

Britain’s best-loved wine writer brings you more information, more recommendations, more facts, passion and opinion than any other comparable guide to wine. Organised in an easy-to-use A–Z format, the entries cover wines, producers, grapes, countries and wine regions from all over the world.

Arm Candy

Simple to make and fun to wear, friendship bracelets are the perfect homemade accessory to try your hand at. They make great gifts for friends – if you can bear to give them away!Have a go at using washi tape, cord, safety pins, loom bands, beads and even zips to make bracelets and bangles to wear stacked together or one at a time.

Style Me Vintage: Accessories

Accessories – the cherry on the cake for those seeking to finish off their vintage look to perfection. From hats and jewellery to bags and shoes, this essential addition to the popular Style Me Vintage series is fully dedicated to sourcing and wearing accessories from a range of periods.

Let Me Tell You About Beer

Beer is the world’s favourite drink, yet too often it’s shrouded in mystery, myth and complex-sounding terminology. This no-nonsense guide cuts straight through all of this, with simple advice on how to seek out and enjoy the immense range of flavours on offer, in Melissa’s trademark chatty style.

Domestic Sluttery

Many women would love to have the domestic goddess thing nailed, to waft around vintage fairs and antique markets for

Oz Clarke My Top Wines for 2013

Oz Clarke, Britain’s favourite wine writer and broadcaster, is absolutely in tune with what wine drinkers want today – flavour,

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